How can I customize the Welcome Window Widget?
The Welcome Window Widget causes popup content to be delivered when students first access the course homepage.
The Welcome Window Widget's default settings require the module containing this content to have the word "welcome" in the module title. You may want to change this default behavior if you'd prefer a different word would trigger the popup on the course homepage.
Configuration Options
Options can be configured to adjust elements like colors, intro text (default: Visit Course Content to get started.), button text (default: Launch the Welcome Module), trigger word text (default: Welcome) and more.
To customize these options, click the … button on the widget and then click the Reset button. This will load most of the configuration variables into the Widget Config text box.
When changing the configuration variables be careful to ONLY edit the variable values. Keep all the punctuation, brackets and other elements unchanged. If a mistake is made, you can always click the Reset button again to replace the current contents with the default text. Note the moduleTitle and forceDismiss configuration settings are not loaded with the Reset button. These must be added manually.
In the image below, I have customized the Welcome Window Widget to display new welcome text (e.g. "Let's begin!"), with updated button text (e.g. "Get Started!"). I also changed the trigger word the widget from “welcome” to “started.” And forceDismiss is set to true so that students must click all the way through all the pages. In other words, there is no close (x) button for them to exit the content early. Note: instructors will still see the close (x) button.
Here is that same code you can paste into the Widget Config if you want to recreate these settings. - {"accentColor":"#006FBF","introText":"Welcome to the course!","buttonText":"Launch the Quick Guide","background":"","Modules":[],"moduleTitle":"started","forceDismiss":true}
With these changes, the widget loads my Getting Started! module content. And the widget itself appears as shown in the image below with the new text.
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